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New system: This is how you can lower your electricity bill
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New system: This is how you can lower your electricity bill

It will pay off to spread out your electricity consumption. Running the washing machine at night or, for example, heating up the summer cottage step by step will be cheaper than going full blast on the heaters
Google buys electricity from Vattenfall's wind farm
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Google buys electricity from Vattenfall's wind farm

Google has committed to buying electricity for 15 years from Zeevonk, a Dutch solar and wind power plant being built by, among others, Vattenfall.
Investing in Sweden's largest hydroelectric power station
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Investing in Sweden's largest hydroelectric power station

This is how the electricity price affects your electricity bill.
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This is how the electricity price affects your electricity bill.

This week's electricity price peaks hit households, but not equally hard for everyone. Depending on which electricity agreement you have, you will be affected in different ways, says Jens Berggren at Vattenfall
Nuclear Power to Replace Nature Reserve
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Nuclear Power to Replace Nature Reserve

The planned new nuclear reactors at Ringhals will not fit. At least not if the nature reserve on the Väröhalvön is to remain
No one wants to build Danish offshore wind power
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No one wants to build Danish offshore wind power

A major failure for Danish wind power. It is clear since the bidding period ended on Thursday for building Danish offshore wind power
Vattenfall stops carbon dioxide capture
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Vattenfall stops carbon dioxide capture

Large electricity price differences – risk of gas price shock
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Large electricity price differences – risk of gas price shock

Weather fluctuations are currently creating large price differences on the electricity market, notes Jonas Stenbeck, private customer manager at state-owned Vattenfall. And on the European continent, higher gas prices risk impacting southern Swedish electricity prices, he warns
New plan for wind power – may delay expansion
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New plan for wind power – may delay expansion

The state is to decide where offshore wind farms are to be built in the future. But no economic support for wind power builders is included, according to the investigation presented on 13 December
Vattenfall increases the electricity grid fee
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Vattenfall increases the electricity grid fee

Higher fee to stop burning of plastic
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Higher fee to stop burning of plastic

Vattenfall will start charging more for unsorted waste. The high proportion of plastic in the district heating plant is to be reduced
"Monster Work" gets the go-ahead from the government
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"Monster Work" gets the go-ahead from the government

The Government says yes to a new sea-based wind farm on the west coast. Locally, The Moderate Party has warned that such "monstrosities" will lead to a "Liseberg at sea"
Low electricity prices hinder investments
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Low electricity prices hinder investments

The electricity prices are at record low levels. Too low, thinks state-owned energy giant Vattenfall
Busch on Vattenfall's signals: Ominous
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Busch on Vattenfall's signals: Ominous

Vattenfall has warned that another wind power project, Kattegatt Syd, may need to be paused. A bad message, according to Energy and Enterprise Minister Ebba Busch (Christian Democrats)
New Alarm about the Power Cables: Think Again
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New Alarm about the Power Cables: Think Again

The business community is sounding the alarm once again about serious consequences if the state does not take on the cost of power cables for offshore wind power. The government needs to rethink, says Johan Trouvé, CEO of the West Swedish Chamber of Commerce, to Dagens industri
The opposition: Expand the main grid at sea
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The opposition: Expand the main grid at sea

A united opposition is pressing the government: Build the power cables to offshore wind power now. Svenska kraftnät should be tasked with using the tens of billions that are lying idle on an account, according to the Social Democrats, the Left Party, the Centre Party, and the Green Party
Vattenfall is hesitant about wind power project
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Vattenfall is hesitant about wind power project

After the decision to pause the wind power project Kriegers Flak, there is now a risk that Vattenfall will be forced to wait with Kattegatt Syd off Falkenberg as well. This is stated by Vattenfall's CEO Anna Borg
Reducing construction time for power grids by "getting a head start"
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Reducing construction time for power grids by "getting a head start"

Busch refuses to back down on Vattenfall: "Misleading"
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Busch refuses to back down on Vattenfall: "Misleading"

Minister for Energy and Enterprise Ebba Busch (Christian Democrats) criticizes Vattenfall due to the paused wind power project Kriegers Flak. The state-owned energy giant "has no control over its things" according to the minister
Busch rejects solution for wind power: "Illegal"
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Busch rejects solution for wind power: "Illegal"

The conflict surrounding the financing of offshore wind power projects continues. Financing the power cables through capacity fees is proposed by the Southern Swedish Chamber of Commerce after talks with lawyers
Centre Party to Sponsor Power Cable to Kriegers Flak
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Centre Party to Sponsor Power Cable to Kriegers Flak

Pen Trolls and Bickering – Debates We Remember
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Pen Trolls and Bickering – Debates We Remember

Today, the first party leader debate of the autumn is being held in the Riksdag. Few debates linger in the memory, but TT has gathered a few that have done so
Another Wind Power Giant Threatens to Pull Out
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Another Wind Power Giant Threatens to Pull Out

Now the German energy giant RWE is also signaling that there will be no new Swedish offshore wind farms without government support. A support system will be needed, says Matilda Machacek, Nordic chief for offshore wind power
Business Community: "Every Stopped Electricity Project Worries"
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Business Community: "Every Stopped Electricity Project Worries"

The government's plans for billion loans and gigantic price guarantees to nuclear power can hardly be called technology-neutral, thinks Svenskt Näringsliv's CEO Jan-Olof Jacke. And that Vattenfall is putting the brakes on offshore wind power is unfortunate
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